Mothers, You Can Teach & Save Precious Memories to Last a Lifetime!

by Lois Breneman ~ ©1999, Revised 2004 ~ Heart to Heart 

Things to do with your children that will provide precious memories to fill a lifetime!

Tape Record Your Children Talking and Singing
Tape record your children's voices at various ages. We have tapes of our children singing songs that they were making up as they sang. Priceless! Our oldest child read books on tape for the youngest child. She would ring a bell each time the page was to be turned. We still have those tapes. Maybe her own children can use them some day. We even have a tape of one of our children nursing and trying to catch a breath. So funny! 

Tapes of the children reciting memory verses in their toddler voices (and older) will always be priceless. You could plan an interview for each of your children at various ages, asking them about their interests at this stage in their lives. Tape the conversation around the dinner table, unknown to the children and play it back. The children love to listen to tapes from when they were first learning how to talk, and it's a precious way to keep up with our memories as parents.


Bedtime Togetherness
After the children have gone to bed, go lie down beside each one and ask them if they want to tell you anything about their day. They will open up to you if it is just the two of you and no interruptions, and besides that, it's more fun than going to sleep! Listen without interrupting. Then give advice, if needed. Those times alone will go a long way!


Dates with Your Children
Take your children out on dates. Mothers, take your sons -- one at a time. Fathers, take your daughters. Teach them manners and how to treat a member of the opposite sex when you eat out. You have their undivided attention. Use it to have heart to heart talks and for listening to them. Have fun together!